Chapter 2 Chapter One By the Water

It's a weary world.People on this land have a strong desire to explore, and they tirelessly name and classify unknown things.Then, those things that can never be explained are bestowed with a strange term—ghost. But do ghosts really exist?Or is it just an error of the amazing nature? I am Ye Silent, a boy who often encounters strange events.I was born in June of the year of Yuehui, and my mother often chattered to me: "When you were born and screamed, the river behind your house swelled. It’s really weird to leave your own home.” And according to my grandma, when I was just taken home, a wandering Taoist came to the house, pointed at me and said, "This little guy's life is destined to be unusual!" The family was very happy, but the Taoist said again: "It's not a good thing that it's unusual. If he gets older, he should see a lot of things he doesn't want to see, and..." But before he could finish speaking, he hurried away.

──See something you don't want to see? Thinking about it now, maybe he was saying that I have yin and yang eyes, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all.It turns out that I'm even less inspired than the average person.In short, from then on, my grandma burned incense and worshiped Buddha, paying homage to the gods at home to pray for my safety.But this still can't stop my destiny from coming... It can be said that I have indeed encountered many incredible things in this life, and one day I suddenly wanted to record them all and use them to make you laugh, which can be regarded as another self-deprecating resistance to this helpless fate.

Before I tell the story, though, allow me to grumble a little longer and reflect on how it all started... By the way, after graduating from primary school, my father sent me to the noble class of a famous middle school for my future.By the way, at that time, my father had already escaped from the poor situation many years ago, and became a well-known local entrepreneur, real estate owner and many other titles.Also because I had some money in my bag, I dumped my mother and married a beautiful woman who was more than ten years younger than him. Thinking about it now, my personality has changed from extremely naughty to silent and calm, it must be because of that blow!To be honest, at that time I really hated my dad who had become so arrogant, and thought he was just a cheesy upstart.Compared with other upstarts, it's just that there is more ink in their stomachs.So when my father with a serious face said that if he went to a noble school, he would have to live in school, I readily agreed without even thinking about it!He froze for a moment, his face full of displeasure, presumably he thought I would be reluctant to leave him.

In this way, I stepped into another world, a world made up of rich people, and a world that I despise the most in my life──It can be said that it is a world of hooligans, and rich people work hard in it. wild temper. The only feeling I have in this world that I don't fit in is that everyone is difficult and has terribly distasteful personalities. Because I don't think highly of these people comparing each other, I always stay away from them and don't want to be in the group.Also because I was used to living a simple life and broke the recognized luxury rules in the class, those people who thought they were righteous played hooliganism on me wantonly.

So stop whining. Anyway, I was usually pretty badly fixed, until one weekend.Dad sent his driver to school to pick me up that day.In full view, I stepped into the limousine slowly, and everyone's eyes widened in amazement.I laughed.This time I felt the power of money. From then on, those little hooligans will turn their anger towards me into a torrent of flattery, endlessly. In this way, I went to the third day of junior high without incident. Although everyone was kind to me, I still liked to be alone. I didn’t think those people who often sang carols around me were worthy of deep friendship.

However, such a life is peaceful after all.Until that day, Zhang Wen from the class called out to me: "Hey, Xiao Ye, do you want something exciting tonight?" "What good things do you guys want to do?" Zhang Wen, the king of eccentricity, is always full of ghostly ideas. He leaned over and said mysteriously, "Die Xian, have you heard of it?" I was taken aback: "You want to buy that thing! I heard that if you can't send it back, terrible things will happen." Zhang Wen waved his hands nonchalantly, like an expert: "The chance of not being able to send it back is too small. Besides, don't people call it a fairy? This shows that it is not always harmful."

I frowned: "I think it's better not to touch such mysterious things. Besides, isn't the school's school rules expressly prohibiting students from playing with such things?" But he said: "Then how do you deal with this surprise math test? I heard that as long as Die Xian is invited, you can ask it any questions. Hey, I'm not talking about you. Although your math score is better than ours It’s better, but it’s still a long way from passing.” "I won't participate." "real?" I didn't want to pay attention, I turned around and left.But Zhang Wen's shout still came from behind: "At twelve o'clock tonight, there are five people in the classroom, you, Xiong, Duck, and Xueying..."

Oh shit!That guy is really a freak who doesn't care what other people think. So that night, I finally went.Night shrouded the entire huge school.It is often said that this middle school was built on a mass grave, and at night, those resentful ghosts would come out and wander around the campus.Of course I don't believe this nonsense.But when he saw Shen Qian in the dark and lonely teaching building, he still couldn't help but feel a chill coming from his back. "Do you really want to invite...invite it?" Xueying asked timidly, tugging at the corner of my clothes. "Isn't this what you planned? I'm a temporary worker, and I was dragged here without knowing anything." I replied coldly.

"Be quiet, it will be over if the school police make trouble." Duck hissed, and gently opened the door of the classroom.Five of us walked in. I pulled up a chair and sat down, watching the four people nervously put the table together, lit the candles, spread out the gossip paper, and finally took out an oil lamp dish that looked like a sacrifice to the Stove Lord. "Who will come first?" Bear asked while holding a plate. The five were silent for a while. After being silent for a long time, the duck said: "I think the most... well, the most rational one here is Xiaoye. Let him and Xueying take the lead. This combination of beauties and handsome guys will definitely succeed at once. My proposal How about it?"

I snorted: "I said long ago that I came here just as a spectator and would never participate. Besides, Zhang Wen swore that he would be in a hurry with anyone who wanted to rob him?" I glanced at Zhang Wen: "Hey, where did your heroic ambition of a strong man escape to?" "Who... whoever escaped!" He stammered, "Go as soon as you go, just one life. At least twenty years later, he will be a good man again." After finishing speaking, he really sat down at the table. Gou Xiong said: "Then I will be the second one. But if the two of us can't invite, then another person will invite you until there are no more people. Is this good?"

Seeing no objection, he said, "Let's start." "Die Xian, Die Xian, quickly come to me from the other side of the night. Die Xian, Die Xian, quickly get up from the cold ground, pass through the darkness, and cross the river..." The two of them pressed one end of the plate with their index fingers Read it lightly. Three minutes passed and the dish did not move.Another three minutes passed, and still nothing happened. Zhang Wen let out a long breath: "Change hands, change hands." He jumped up easily, and slapped the duck's right palm with his left hand.The timid duck sat down tremblingly, and carefully placed its index finger on the plate, as if the plate was alive and would bite him with a little force. But this time nothing happened. "Then it's time for snowfall." Gou Xiong stood up and said. "It's not fair, Xiaoye won't participate. I think I'd better quit." Xue Ying shouted.Usually this class flower is full of arrogance, and no one seems to notice, but now she hides behind me in fear. Gou Xiong said, "Then...Xiao Ye should be the last one." "I don't play." I said. "It's just a game of guts, why take it so seriously," he said. "I don't play." I repeated.Now that I think about it, with my curiosity, I would repeatedly reject such a tempting game, which is really weird.At that time, it seemed that there was something faintly stopping him. Thinking about it now, maybe I already had a premonition of what was about to happen... "Xiao Ye, then you can touch the plate with your hand. Then we will count you as having played." Gou Xiong said again. "Xiaoye..." Xueying looked at me pleadingly. Alas, I don't care about anything in my life, but I just can't refuse the request of a beautiful girl. "Then I'll just touch it." I sighed and stretched out my index finger.Originally, I just wanted to touch it lightly, but something surprising happened when we both wanted to retract our fingers... It's a dish!It moves! All five of us were stunned at that moment.This silent movement led me and Xueying's hands to roam the entire Bagua graphic paper to find something.I woke up quickly.I wanted to lift my index finger, but I found that there was a sudden suction between the plate and the finger at some point, and the finger was stuck.Unwilling, I desperately resisted, and finally pulled my finger back. But Xueying's fingers were still there. "Let go of that thing!" I yelled. "I...I can't let go of it!" Xue shouted in fear, and cried out with a wow. "How is this possible?" I immediately rushed forward and pulled her hand back forcefully, and shouted angrily at the other three "men" who were motionless in fright: "Why are you still in a daze, come and help!" This drink woke them up, but they didn't expect these self-proclaimed brave guys to yell "Ghost", and ran out one after another, without even looking at Xue Ying who was trapped.I yelled at them that they had no sense of loyalty, and pulled it vigorously in extreme anger, hey, they even pulled it away. It stands to reason that the plate should have been lifted up with such a lot of strength, but when the plate was separated from the fingers, not only was it not lifted at all, it also ignored any theorems of mechanics in the world, and was still crazily on the paper. moving. Xueying and I fled out in a panic.When I ran out the door, I glanced at the table again for some reason, and was suddenly surprised to find that the movement of the plate was not aimless, it was always floating between the three words. Those three words were actually:...by...the water...by... Then there was a "click" sound behind him, which seemed to be the sound of a plate falling to the ground and breaking. By the water?What does it mean?Is it a message that the product of this night wants to tell us?This seems to be the end of it... But is that really the end? No!All the signs in the future told me cruelly that this was just the beginning of that continuous tragedy...